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Odinited mes I @met @imite W. BLISS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 107,125, dated September 6, 1870.

IM PROVED.DEVIOE FOR CUTTING WIRE OR CORD FROM BOTTLE-STOPPERS.

w The Schedle referred to in these Letters Patent and making pan of thesame.

that, while one end -or portion of said lever is placed or rests againstthe neck of the bottle, the cutter or hook-portion takes hold of thefastening-wire, and, by a gentle pressure of the hand upon the extendedportion of the lever, the cord or wire will be out or displaced from thestopper.

The object of this invention is to remove .the irkv someness of removingor displacing the binder by the fingers, whereby the lingers are oftencut, and of'tener rendered very painful.

In the accompanying drawinga represents a bottle, having its stopperconfined by a cord or wre in the common way.

b is a lever-handle, which may be made of desirable dimensions or shape.v

The end c is 'curved out, lso as to nearly lit the rotundity of the neckof the bottle, and is provided wit-h a cutter or hook-blade, d, one endof' which is secured in the body of the lever, a short distance from thecurved end of the lever, by a pin, e, so that, by placing the cutter orhookf under, the oord or wire dem be easily andquickly displaced fromthe end of the stopper k by a gentle pressure of the hand upon the outer portion'ot said lever.

I believe I have thus shown the nature, construction, and advantage ofthis invention, so as to enable others skilled in the art to make anduse the same therefrom. l

What I claim, therefore, and desire tn' secure by Let-ters Patent, is-

' A new article of manuliicturqa device for removing the fastening-cordor wire from a bottle-stopper, constructed as shown and set forth.

J USTUS A. TRAUT. [u su] Witnesses E. W. Brass, J EREMY W. Buss.

